France also sells arms to Taiwan probably worth more than the sales to China.

https://www.france24.com/en/20200513-china-warns-france-agai...

Eg ~ 200 million in 2012 is not a lot of arms.

That's 2,5 x f35's ( without maintenance) which really is just peanuts.

The more valuable part was the technology transfer.

Says what?

> "Without European technology, the Chinese navy would not be able to move."

You really think China couldn't buy tech from eg. Russia to make their "fleet move"?

What was the tech? Why was it that important?

The Russians can't even make their own fleet move.

https://www.businessinsider.com/tug-sailing-with-russian-shi...

The carrier is moving, isn't it?

Lack of money to maintain their army has been a recurring issue since the fall of the USSR.

My question still remains to have a realistic POV:

> What was the tech? Why was it that important?

I mean, if you consider being pulled by a tugboat to be moving.

The article states there is no tugboat.

Your statement only enforces my argument that they don't have enough money to maintain their fleet.

Which is also mentioned in the article itself.

is russias technology still from the 60s and 70s though

France also sold a good part of weapons that is used to defend Taiwan (the Mirage fleet).

TSMC buy their machinery from EU.

Their most cutting edge expertise is in good part made in EU.

That's false. France hasn't exported arms to Taiwan since 2005 according to SIPRI <https://armstrade.sipri.org/armstrade/page/values.php>. All Taiwanese arms imports since 2015 have come from the United States.

in Capitalism's majesty it provides equal access to incredibly expensive military technology to both the world's 2nd largest economy and it's 36th largest economy economy!